Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

'echkwoh • n • sea lion

Lexicon record # 4202 | Source reference(s): R268 JE117
Semantic domain: aquatic mammals

Other paradigm form

• short form 'ech FS(B221)

Special meaning or use

• nuemee 'ech large light-colored sea lion FS(B221)

Derived phrases or compounds

• 'Echkwoh K'ue'ueh "a place on the coast by Wehlkwew, near two rocks, formerly a freshwater pond"

• 'Echkwoh 'O K'uue "small spring-fed creek south of the Klamath mouth"

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (8) | Photo

1. 'Echkwoh Rek'woy 'o tene'm.
   There are a lot of sea lions at Rek'woy.

   — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)

2. 'Echkwoh.
   Sea lion.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)

3. Noohl 'o schep'oo; kue so schep'oo noohl 'o newee' kue hehlkue 'we-le'mek' kue 'echkwoh, kwesee wo'hl tue' weesh ho reweyetehl kue 'yoch.
   Then they landed; when they landed they saw that there were seals going ashore, and that it was they that had towed the boat.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

4. Tue' nek wee' ko'oyuemek' kue 'echkwoh 'n-eksek', Chee nue hl'os.
   It was I who engaged the seals, saying to each of them, Go and fetch him.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

5. [1:58] Kwesee kue 'echkwoh kee kegohchewehl.
   And the sea lions will chase him.

   — Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)

6. Keech 'echkwoh wee'
   He turned into a sea lion.

   — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

7. Nek kee 'echkwoh wee'.
   I'll turn into a sea lion.

   — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

8. Ke'l kee 'echkwoh wee'.
   You'll turn into a sea lion.

   — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)